Denmark: Starvation Day

The severe drought in Africa’s Horn is echoing in many online corners of the world. But not only established organizations are raising funds for food. Here’s a Danish Facebooker introducing an alternative event – Starvation Monday [en]: “Starve yourself on August 1 and donate the money you would have spent on food to the starving people in Horn of Africa.”

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